return statement in functions

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hokiegal99 wrote:
> I was told earlier (w/o explanation) that functions should return
> something. I was under the impression that it was OK with Python to
> leave the return statement off. Could someone enlighten me on why or
> why not to use a return statement when defining functions? Below is
> the bit of code I was told should return something:
> 
> def fs_object_count(path):
>    file_count = 0
>    dir_count = 0
>    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
>       file_count += len(files)
>       dir_count += len(dirs)
>    print "Number of Files Examined: ", file_count
>    print "Number of Folders Examined: ", dir_count
>    print "Total Number of FS Objects:", file_count + dir_count

All Python functions return None by default.

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